Bush's Final Report Card

Last Thursday, the Census Bureau released statistics on income, poverty and access to health care. To put it mildly, the report paints a picture over which Dubya, the Republicans, and the Teabaggers should hang their heads in shame.

From The Atlantic...

On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost ground during Bush's two terms. While Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, childhood poverty increased even more, and the number of Americans without health insurance spiked. By contrast, the country's condition improved on each of those measures during Bill Clinton's two terms.

• Under Clinton, the median income increased 14 per cent. Under Bush it declined 4.2 per cent.
• Under Clinton the total number of Americans in poverty declined 16.9 per cent; under Bush it increased 26.1 per cent.
• Under Clinton the number of children in poverty declined 24.2 per cent; under Bush it increased by 21.4 per cent.
• Under Clinton, the number of Americans without health insurance, remained essentially even (down six-tenths of one per cent); under Bush it increased by 20.6 per cent.

The wretched two-term record compiled by the younger Bush on income, poverty and access to health care should compel Republicans to answer a straightforward question: if tax cuts are truly the best means to stimulate broadly shared prosperity, why did the Bush years yield such disastrous results for American families on these core measures of economic well being?

Looks like it was really Dubya who was bent on destroying the country.

Atta-boy George!